There is a stillness when you are completely fulfilled in the moment and don't need words or gestures, just presence, for example, the presence of your partner. There is another stillness which is emptiness, when the need for words and gestures AND presence is acutely felt, but you are bereft of everything. That's the stillness that frames this poem. It is a terrifying reality.
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There is a stillness when you are completely fulfilled in the moment and don't need words or gestures, just presence, for example, the presence of your partner. There is another stillness which is emptiness, when the need for words and gestures AND presence is acutely felt, but you are bereft of everything. That's the stillness that frames this poem. It is a terrifying reality.